 H.R.1577
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Navigators Act
To create a Department of Defense-wide program of patient navigators for wounded members of the Armed Forces.
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Summary
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Navigators Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a Department of Defense (DOD)-wide patient navigator program and assign responsibility for overseeing the program to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Requires patient navigators to be assigned as representatives to medical holdover patients and their families in order to improve health care outcomes. Prohibits the ratio of navigators to patients from being higher than one to ten. What do you think?
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Legislation Detail
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Legislation Slant
Latest Action:
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
This action occurred on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 and earned 5 points.
Legislative Progress
Introduced in the House on March 20, 2007
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